CHAPTER FIFTEENSin and the Misinterpretation of Romans 7When considering the topic of sin in the life of a Christian, Romans 7:14-25, interpreted as a believer, is the passage most often used to support its prevalence within the church. Without question, this interpretation of the passage has...
Romans 7 RHE Romans 7:20 20 Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me. Read Chapter Compare PREVIOUS Romans 7:19 NEXT Romans 7:21 Romans 7:20 Meaning and Commentary Romans 7:20 Now if I do that I would not The same ...
13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful. Read Chapter Compare ...
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersVII. (1-6) The Apostle takes up an idea to which he had alluded in Romans 7:14-15 of the preceding chapter, "Ye are not under the Law, but under grace;" and as he had worked out the conclusion of the death of the Christian to sin, so ...
Benson Commentary Romans 2:8-11.But unto them that are contentious— Like thee, O Jew, who thus fightest against God. The character of the unbelieving Jews was disobedience, stubbornness, and impatience. Mr. Locke thinks the original expression,οιδεεξεριθειας,the contentions...
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary1:26-32 In the horrid depravity of the heathen, the truth of our Lord's words was shown: Light was come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil; for he that doeth evil hateth the light. The truth was no...
Chapter Fifteen. Romans Commentary: Justification And Sanctification Vermigli seems to have had a particular affinity for Paul's Epistle to the Romans well before crossing the Alps to Protestantism in 1542. The polemical tone in the Romans commentary should be seen against the larger backdrop of ...
Read full chapter Romans 5:1-11 New International Version Peace and Hope 5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now st...
Particularly, some phenomena of the text of the last two chapter invite the inquiry. We may--in our opinion we must--grant those chapters to be Pauline. They breathe Paul in every sentence. But do they read precisely like part of a letter to Rome? For example, we have a series of ...
Read full chapter Romans 5:1-11 New International Version Peace and Hope 5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we no...